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A limited form of proteus syndrome with bilateral plantar cerebriform collagenomas and varicose veins secondary to a mosaic AKT1 mutation.
JAMA dermatology - 1 Sept 2014
Wee Jamie S, Mortimer Peter S, Lindhurst Marjorie J, Chong Heung, Biesecker Leslie G, Holden Colin A
Abstract excerpt
IMPORTANCE: Proteus syndrome is an extremely rare disorder of mosaic postnatal overgrowth affecting multiple tissues including bone, soft tissue, and skin. It typically manifests in early childhood with asymmetric and progressive skeletal overgrowth that leads to severe distortion of the skeleton and disability. The genetic basis has recently been identified as a somatic activating mutation in the AKT1 gene,...
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